IOL Toch 24
| Known as: | IOL Toch 24; H 149.72; A.72 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 24". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-ioltoch24 (accessed 12 May 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | British Library (London) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
| Meter: | 4343 (4x) |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 5.7 × 10.2 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·[m]· wa ki ce ya rpo ṣai ṅke ka llā lya 10 2 mai |
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| a2 | /// [ke] ma ne pe lai kne : wai me ne rtsi kre ntau na mai |
| a3 | /// [y]ā mo rne ne ne ko rne śā saṃ tse go tra bhu mi ñe |
| a4 | /// [wa] ki ce 10 4 kre tyā mo rsa pi rpso nai yo |
| b1 | /// ·s· [c]· w· ṣy[e] cce s̝pa lya mnau rcce : na nwa lle ksa |
| b2 | /// – te : i sa ltsa ke ṣe ntwe cce mā nte ka ññe |
| b3 | /// kuse mā a ṣṣāṃ sā ṅka mpa ne ssi tā kaṃ du ḥ |
| b4 | /// nai «[kha]» ko we ñā ne 10 8 to tkā yä rmka e ka |
Transcription
| 12d | /// 4σ ·m· ; wakice ; yarpo ṣai ṅke ; källālya 10-2 |
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| 13a | mai° a213σ |
| Xx | 7σ /// ; (ai)kemane ; pelaikne : |
| Xx | waimen= ertsi ; krentauna ; mai° a36σ |
| Xx | /// ; yāmorne ; nenekorne ; śāsaṃtse ; gotrabhumi ; ñe° a4 |
| 14d | 11σ /// ; wakice 10-4 |
| 15a | kret yāmorsa ; pirpso nai ; yo° b16σ |
| Xx | 4σ /// ; 2σ ·s· c(e) ; w(e)ṣyecce ṣpä ; lyamn= aurcce : |
| Xx | nanw alleksa ; b23σ ; 7σ |
| Xx | /// 13σ – te : |
| Xx | isaltsa ke ; ṣ entwecce ; mānt= ekaññe ; b33σ /// |
| Xx | kuse mā aṣṣāṃ ; sāṅkämpa ; nessi tākaṃ ; duḥ° b4n1 2σ |
| 18d | 7σ ; 1σ /// nai kha ko ; weñā-ne 10-8 |
| 19a | tot kā yärm ka ; eka° 8σ |
Translation
| a3 | ... in the deed, [and] in the loss of the teaching, Gotrabhūmi by name ... (?) |
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Commentary
Philological commentary
| notes: from 12 to 14: 112 syll. 33 syll. preserved 112-33 = 79 syll. missing approx. 26 per lacuna | |
| : probably 4 x 7 ¦ 7 [a1] /// ·m· wakice ¦ yarpo ṣai ṅke källālya 12 mai- [a2] [13a] (13 syllables missing) /// ¦ (ai)kemane pelaikne : [13b] (8 syllables missing) waimen= ertsi krentauna ¦ mai-[a3] [13c] (6 syllables missing) [13d] (14 syllables missing) /// yāmorne nenekorne śāsaṃtse gotrabhumi ñe- (xx syllables missing?) [a4] /// wakice 14 kret yāmorsa pirpso nai ¦ yo- /// [b1] /// ·s· c· ¦ w(e)ṣyecce ṣpä lyamn= aurcce : nanw alleksa [b2] /// – te : isaltsa ke ṣ entwecce ¦ mānt= ekaññe [b3] /// k_use mā aṣṣāṃ sāṅkämpa ¦ nessi tākaṃ duḥ- [b4] /// nai kha ko weñā-ne 18 tot kā yärm ka eka- | |
| n1 | "nai": strange character under "nai": [kha] |
Remarks
| According to Broomhead 1962: 199 "[w]ritten in small ductus, and very clearly preserved, it is the right edge of a four line manuscript." He also identifies the fragment as folios 9-10 (op.cit). |
References
Online access
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №24; Broomhead 1962: 199
Translations
Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 (199); Peyrot 2013a: a3 (217); Thomas 1954: a2 (744), b3 (743)
Bibliography
Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 1 – IOL Toch 822 in the India Office Library.” International Dunhuang Project. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Peyrot_2007.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2013a. “Review of: The Tocharian Verbal System.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 14: 213–59.
Thomas, Werner. 1954. “Die Infinitive im Tocharischen.” In Asiatica. Festschrift Friedrich Weller. Zum 65. Geburtstag, gewidmet von seinen Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern, edited by Johannes Schubert and Ulrich Schneider, 701–64. Leipzig: Harrassowitz.
